alterna
[al̪ˈt̪eɾna]
The verdict
“alterna” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,331. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,331
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de alternar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alterna · alterna · Spanish
alterna · rank #17,331 · 9 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,331
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alimentado
Nearest frequency peer: alimentado (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “alterna”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- aleta
aleta
82,672 corpus weight
- alimentado
alimentado
82,671 corpus weight
- alterna
alterna
82,670 corpus weight
- alucinante
alucinante
82,669 corpus weight
- Angelina
Angelina
82,668 corpus weight
- anotado
anotado
82,667 corpus weight
What this shows “alterna” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alterna |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [al̪ˈt̪eɾna] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “alterna”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around alterna (IPA [al̪ˈt̪eɾna]), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,331 among 7,704 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for alterna, with forms such as "aletrna", "allterna", and "altenra". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "altura", "antena", "alteza", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is alterna, spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de alternar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de alternar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aletrna
- allterna
- altenra
- alternna
- alterrna
- altrena
- altterna
- atlerna
- laterna
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of alterna - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "alterna", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).